He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. “I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. “Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. The hurt makes you different (You'll be a freak), but in the end you're not alone because she is like you - and she'll always be there (And I'll keep you company). She tells him that things won't get better by themselves (Don't cross your finger/Sundays will never change), the world and the bullies will always be out there (They keep on coming).
But she knows it's hard but can help you when it feels too continue (Signal if you can't/Say, "no more").
But she says you can bring yourself out by taking your life back (Don't be a fool, make it easier/You'll learn to say when). She says I see you are hurting because she was there too (Say you were me/Then you could see the view/You'll know we are equally damaged). She tells him to take things slowly (Find your name/Do it all the same equally) and to ask for help when it's too much (Signal when you can't breathe no more). Perhaps it's a loss, or bullying, or depression but the singer sees how it has broken him and it's familiar (Guess we're equally damaged). Over the years, their musical palette has continued to grow, with Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons showcasing their keen ear for melodies, the pensive Misery Is a Butterfly smoothing out the rough edges, 23 shrouding their sound in shoegazer fuzz, and Barragán stripping the band’s songs down to their essence.The song is about reaching out to someone who has been suffering deeply by themselves (Maybe again/he will be alone)and to help them come out of the darkness. Takahashi departed shortly thereafter, and Blonde Redhead carried on as an ever-evolving trio. Their self-titled debut, released in 1994, was produced by Steve Shelley of noise-rock kings Sonic Youth. A chance meeting at a downtown restaurant led to art students Kazu Makino and Maki Takahashi teaming up with twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace to form the band, which quickly attracted the attention of the New York experimental-music scene. Since 1993, the New York trio Blonde Redhead have been one of indie rock’s most exciting acts, taking the noise-rock influences that defined them at the outset and adding them to increasingly pop-minded songs.